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National Park System Quiz 79: Wind
1. True of false? Only one of the 392 National Park System units has the word “wind” as part of its official name.
2. True or false? The orientation of the dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve indicates that the prevailing wind in that part of Colorado is from the northwest.
3. True or false? In the stream valleys of Glacier National Park, summer afternoon breezes tend to blow in the same direction that the water flows.
4. True or false? At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina’s Outer Banks region, the windiest month (highest average wind speed) is February.
5. True or false? Point Reyes National Seashore has the highest average annual windspeed of any National Park System unit on the Pacific Coast of the Lower 48.
6. True or false? At the natural entrance to the namesake cave of Wind Cave National Park, the wind blows into the cave some of the time and out of the cave some of the time.
7. True or false? If you want to go windsurfing in Acadia National Park, it's helpful to remember that windsurfing is allowed on lakes, but not on ponds.
8. True or false? If you want to see whether you can talk a National Park Service law enforcement ranger into issuing a warning instead of a summons, a good way to do it is to let the ranger see you driving your ORV on the wind-sculpted dunes of Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
9. True or false? National park visitors on Hawaii’s Big Island tend to find the mildest, most comfortable weather conditions when Kona winds are blowing.
10. The sand dunes in many national parks, including Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, were produced primarily through the work of the wind. This means that these landforms were the result of ______ processes.
a. eolian
b. fluvial
c. aeration
d. laminar
Extra Credit Question:
11. The man who sat for the portrait shown in the photo accompanying this article achieved everlasting fame for something related to surface winds. Who was this man and what was the “something related to surface winds”?
Super Bonus Question:
12. NOAA has identified the ten windiest cities in the United States. They are listed below. Tell which is closest to a National Park-designated NPS unit (remembering that just 58 NPS units are National Park-designated). Also name the national park.
Blue Hill, MA
Dodge City, KS
Amarillo, TX
Rochester, MN
Cheyenne, WY
Casper, WY
Great Falls, MT
Goodland, KS
Boston, MA
Lubbock, TX
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2. True or false? The orientation of the dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve indicates that the prevailing wind in that part of Colorado is from the northwest.
3. True or false? In the stream valleys of Glacier National Park, summer afternoon breezes tend to blow in the same direction that the water flows.
4. True or false? At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina’s Outer Banks region, the windiest month (highest average wind speed) is February.
5. True or false? Point Reyes National Seashore has the highest average annual windspeed of any National Park System unit on the Pacific Coast of the Lower 48.
6. True or false? At the natural entrance to the namesake cave of Wind Cave National Park, the wind blows into the cave some of the time and out of the cave some of the time.
7. True or false? If you want to go windsurfing in Acadia National Park, it's helpful to remember that windsurfing is allowed on lakes, but not on ponds.
8. True or false? If you want to see whether you can talk a National Park Service law enforcement ranger into issuing a warning instead of a summons, a good way to do it is to let the ranger see you driving your ORV on the wind-sculpted dunes of Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
9. True or false? National park visitors on Hawaii’s Big Island tend to find the mildest, most comfortable weather conditions when Kona winds are blowing.
10. The sand dunes in many national parks, including Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, were produced primarily through the work of the wind. This means that these landforms were the result of ______ processes.
a. eolian
b. fluvial
c. aeration
d. laminar
Extra Credit Question:
11. The man who sat for the portrait shown in the photo accompanying this article achieved everlasting fame for something related to surface winds. Who was this man and what was the “something related to surface winds”?
Super Bonus Question:
12. NOAA has identified the ten windiest cities in the United States. They are listed below. Tell which is closest to a National Park-designated NPS unit (remembering that just 58 NPS units are National Park-designated). Also name the national park.
Blue Hill, MA
Dodge City, KS
Amarillo, TX
Rochester, MN
Cheyenne, WY
Casper, WY
Great Falls, MT
Goodland, KS
Boston, MA
Lubbock, TX
Try to answer the quiz before scrolling to look at the answers.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...iz-79-wind5515